Match story
- Celtic fired more attempts (11 vs 5 shots).
- Celtic was more accurate in front of goal (64% on target vs 20%).
- Celtic held more of the ball (65% possession).
Celtic defeated Heart Of Midlothian 4-0 in Premiership. The fixture is part of the 1st Phase - 22 stage in the 2016 season. The match was played at Celtic Park in Glasgow. Robert Madden, Scotland officiated the match. The full-time result capped a Celtic vs Heart Of Midlothian meeting in Premiership with detailed post-match statistics available on Sportra. This match centre covers lineups, live events, player ratings, team statistics, xG, head-to-head history, and related news for Celtic and Heart Of Midlothian. On Sportra you can view xG, lineups, match statistics, events, player ratings, predictions, head-to-head history, and related news for this fixture.
PremiershipRecorded meetings: 6 (available previous meetings, not necessarily all-time).
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Celtic manager Martin O'Neill maintains young players will come through at clubs if they "are good enough". The Scottish FA are to offer clubs financial incentives to play youngsters while data analysts and Club Brugge recruitment director Guilian Preud'homme presented to those assembled.
The 25-year-old joined the Tynecastle club this summer having agreed a pre-contract back in January when he was still at St Johnstone and has forced his way into Wouter Vrancken's starting XI. McPake set up teammate James Wilson for the opening goal in Thursday night's Edinburgh derby and scored one of his own as Hearts beat Hibernian 3-1. New Scotland manager Sebastien Pocognoli was in the stands at Easter Road watching on as he prepares to select his squad for this month's Nations League matches against Slovenia, Switzerland, and North Macedonia.
Rangers manager Derek McInnes is "disappointed" there will be no away fans at upcoming Old Firm matches this season. The SPFL announced the decision after Celtic challenged the decision by their Glasgow rivals to give them just 300 tickets for the League Cup clash at Ibrox on 13 September. For last season's Scottish Cup quarter-final, also at Ibrox, Celtic were given the traditional allocation of 8000 tickets but following crowd trouble at that game, a reduced figure of 2500 was agreed.
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